The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-21
Fashion Notes.

Greek girdles covered with glistening
beads are in fashion.
Beaded epaulettes will be very popular
and extensively worn. Eas.ss,,>+
All shades of yellow are used to-
brighten the effect of dark fabrics.
Jackets have close coat sleeves, with
buttons and buttonholes at the wrist.
New hats in felt and beaver or hatter's:
plush come in all the new dark and Light
colors.
Cocks plumes, much curled, are seen
in quantities on importations Of hats and.
bonnets.
Black silk costumes are stylishly.
trimmed with Chantilly piece and edg-
ing lace.
Lace scarf strings appear on some Of
the imported French bonnets of velvet
and plush.
Ashes of roses is revived among the
new gray tints, and takes the name OF
Malmaison gray.
Checks, bars, herring bone and chew
ron weaves mark the bulk of the wooden
importations this fall. ' l
The favorite colors in straight, upright
feathers on round hats are old rose, bronze
green and almond shades. 53.sg 3ssg
Black faille dresses are beautifully dec.
Grated with front or side panels of silk,
jet and tinsel embroidery. IS
The new felt bonnets are so soft that.
the fabric is made up in plaits over a
frame, just like plush or velvet.
Zigzag stripes, bars and checks in van
ishing effects appear on the new rough
and woolly cloths for fall wearl.
The tailor gown is relegated to its
proper place this season, being the suit
for morning, not afternoon wear, for
utility, not dress occasions.
Double breasted, loose front jackets or
coats are shown for rough weather wear.
They are loose and comfortable, but set,
in we'll to the figure in the back.
Girdles of ropes of beads of passemen-
terie, and of seal and plush are to replace:
those of metal sadled girth and leather
that have been worn this summer.
A Gobclin gray dress, with parements-
and accessories of heliotrope and canary
color and felt bonnet to match, is much
admired Partisan toilet for country wear.
Straight, upright feathers, mostly the
wing and tail quills of the domestic fowl,
are considered the most stylish decora-
ton for French and English round hats.
Moire broche antique is new silk
with broche effects in velvet and plush,
cut and uncut pile, watered grounds OF
dull finish, and long, bold wave water
ings.
New woolen black novelties have bars,
dots, corded, and plush and velvet ef-
fects on diagonal, rep, cashmere woven,
chevron, herring bone, and diagonal
grounds. -
The high novelty in silks is peau de
sole (silk skin), fine, close, satin-woven
silk, dull and lustreless, exquisitely soft
and plant, with a good body and firm
texture.
Crinoline, long demi-trained frocks,
and all the discomfort and nastiness OF,
that style of dress is threatened by
French dressmakers, but deprecated by
English women. -.
Old tapestry colors in unending variety
appear in all the new brooches and hg-
urcd goods, silks, velvets, plushes mil
linery stuffs and ribbons, whether for
bonnets or dress accessories.
The latest fancy in bonnets in Paris
are of soft, fine, light felt, with mod
crately high crowns set up very straight,
and peaked brims of rather large size
projecting over the forehead.
The gradations in colors and the dar-
ing combinations of the same in mixtures,
stripes, bars, checks, and broche effects
are the features in fall importations Of
woolen stufs, silks and velvets.
Corsages are as long as ever, cut
shorter on the hips, with longer points in
front and narrower postillions in the
back. narrower waistcoats, and fuller
draperies and trimming on the bodice.
All skirts are double, both skirts are
long and plain, the upper one slashed one
or both sides, showing panels, and the
draping amounts to mere ripples, effect
ing Just enough of looping to show
small part of the undcrskirt.
Most of the woolcn mixtures for the
fall season are smooth finished, but there
is no lack of rough and woolly surfaced,
knotted, corded, tufted, bourette, vel
vet and plush effects, thrown in among
the woolen high novelties intended for
parts of costumes.
Fine whipcord diagonals of light
weight. not heavier than cashmere or
Yelling, come in all the new shades of
dark. sober, bright, and pale colorings,
and are intended for combination cos
tunes fer home wear and evening dress
purposes, where silk cannot be afforded